He former prosecutor Eduardo Montealegre, in dialogue with Follow The W, made reference to the proposal for a national constituent assembly, through a presidential decree, indicating that This is an innovative thesis.
“Those respectable jurists follow tradition, I do not follow tradition. We need an advanced interpretation of the situation in the country and I have given arguments to support it,” said the former prosecutor.
Front of position of Government said that he agrees that it is not necessary to go to the UN to denounce that the peace agreement is not being fulfilled. That is, you do not have to ask permission from the United Nations Security Council.
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“What the president has said is that the Havana peace agreements are being breached. Since the Havana agreements are special, that is, they materially have the category of an international treaty, and when a State fails to comply with a treaty, a phenomenon known as an international illicit occurs.“Montealegre explained.
In the face of non-compliance and the lack of guarantees for the signatories of the peace agreements He said that the instruments that currently exist are not enoughwhile accusing former president Iván Duque of putting the peace agreements at risk.
“Duque put the agreements in dangerBecause is what the Colombian extreme right, Alvaro UribeFor example, they are afraid of the truthThere are many landowners and businessmen who benefited from the conflict who should be investigated for favoring paramilitarism, for example, and they are afraid of the truth, so it is very difficult to move forward“said the former prosecutor.
Said in the current Government of President Gustavo Petro Much progress has been made in terms of land delivery and that the victims have been fulfilled, but that there is an institutional blockage such as the case of Congress where particular interests have not allowed the full implementation of the agreements.
Regarding cases of political leaders and the specific case of former president Álvaro Uribe, who years ago expressed his agreement with a national constituent assembly, it isHe pointed out that “they are great cynics that they have a double game, that one day they say one thing and change with the situation.”
He reiterated that from the past he has insisted on a constituent, even since he was a prosecutor, to address issues such as justice reform and that in that sense “I have been consistent, but they have not.”
He added that the Constitutional Court has not denied the possibility of re-election, But he has established a position against a second re-election because “it violates constitutional law.”
